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Diablo III - The monk in-depth (Preview)

Oct 16, 2009

Say hello to the monk, the recently revealed Diablo III class who rather than sitting cross-legged in a hill-top monastery, is far more likely to slap you 100 times in a second before appearing behind you and kicking you in the arse. That’s his trick, and he sidles up to the three revealed classes – the Barbarian, Witch Doctor and Wizard – filling the fourth slot on the Diablo III character selection screen and shuffling ...

Diablo III (Screenshots)

Oct 16, 2009

Diablo III – hands-on (Preview)

Sep 24, 2009

The bleed effect is just ridiculous. Awesome in its spectacle, brilliant in its execution. It works like this: Diablo III’s monk class plays as if he’s stepped out of God of War, or any other console brawler. If he chains three punches in quick succession, he can set up a finishing move. One is a flashy flurry of strikes like something from the Pokemon cartoons – zipping through the air and hitting everything in range. ...

BlizzCon 2009 in pictures (Feature)

Aug 24, 2009

Maybe you had a date Friday night; maybe you broke both your legs in a freak accident; maybe you hate World of Warcraft. Whatever your excuse for missing BlizzCon this last weekend, you made the wrong choice. ...

BlizzCon 2009: Day 1 (Feature)

Aug 21, 2009

BlizzCon began today, but since it was completely sold out, we couldn’t make it there in person. Luckily, we watched the whole thing through Blizzard’s live stream, and we’ve got all the important highlights you need to know about three of the most anticipated PC titles to come in the next couple of years. “Did they just say COUPLE of years?” ...

Upcoming games that could revolutionize the industry (Feature)

Jul 3, 2009

Contributors: Chris Antista, Charlie Barratt, Brett Elston, Matthew Keast, Shane Patterson, Mikel Reparaz

Hundreds of games are released every year, then played and forgotten by the next. Only a dozen or so will be remembered a decade from now, and only a few of those will have any lasting impact on the medium as a whole.

Which upcoming titles stand the best chance of leaving that meaningful mark? ...

Gaming's most facepalm-worthy heroes (Feature)

Jun 26, 2009

When the hero's mistakes end the world instead of saving it. ...

The Preemptive 2009 Game Awards (Feature)

Jan 23, 2009

At the end of every year we get a new year – one that is numerically superior to its predecessor and brimming with new stuff to buy. But how do you know what to buy if all the shiny “best of” awards are given at the end of the year? You could spend your precious 365.24 days reading game reviews, but what are they compared to shiny metallic awards? ...

The top 9 PC games of 09 (Feature)

Jan 20, 2009

When Blizzard showed off Diablo III for the first time at the developer's World Wide Invitational 2008 in Paris, France, more than a few long-time fans of the franchise experienced self-induced strokes at the sight of some of the revamped features. Change, after all, is difficult to cope with. ...

Diablo III - hands-on (Preview)

Nov 25, 2008

We’re not accustomed to being sworn and spat at when attempting to preview a game, but that’s a consequence when you bust through a two-hour queue at Blizzcon 2008 waving a press pass. ...

The sexy babes of BlizzCon 2008 (Feature)

Oct 13, 2008

BlizzCon has always been the ultimate gathering for Blizzard fans. This year's celebration of all things Blizz was the biggest yet, filling every hall of the gigantic Anaheim Convention Center with thousands of rabid fans, playable demos, and elaborate displays. ...

Diablo III - Wizard gameplay (Video)

Oct 10, 2008

The return of Diablo, which Blizzard describes as 'the definitive action role-playing game', introduces new classes, an upgraded graphics engine and battle.net upgrades.

'Diablo III' Designer Describes How Game Will Appeal To 'Diablo' Fans And Broad Audience (News)

Aug 15, 2008

"Diablo" fans aren't just those taking the time to make petitions and their own screenshots.

According to lead "Diablo III" designer Jay Wilson, the team has to appease an "extremely broad audience" as well as hardcore fans.

Blizzard Apologizes,Ticket Lottery Announced (News)

Aug 14, 2008

Blizzard Gamers,

On behalf of everyone at Blizzard, I want to apologize for the challenges and frustrations you experienced while trying to purchase BlizzCon tickets on Monday and Tuesday. BlizzCon is about the positive experiences you all have had with Blizzard games. As a result of this week's events, the excitement that many of you felt about the show has turned into dissatisfaction and disappointment......

"Hell it's about time" -Space Marine

Blizzcon tickets sold out in a day, Forum in an uproar (News)

Aug 13, 2008

The annoucement.......

"Tickets to BlizzCon 2008 are now sold out. Blizzard would like to thank everyone once again for their overwhelming interest in this year's show. If you were unable to secure tickets, please keep in mind that DIRECTV will be broadcasting BlizzCon live from the Anaheim Convention Center on October 11 and 12. In the meantime, keep an eye on the BlizzCon 2008 website for updates on panels, exhibits, events, and more. Blizzard looks forward to meeting some of you at the show!"

Was immediatley followed by an infinite number of flamers......

Day one.....No Blizzcon tickets sold (News)

Aug 13, 2008

It's Monday, August 11th, and that means that BlizzCon tickets are on sale. Except, they're really not. Blizzard's new Blizzard Store site is epic fail broken -- all most people are seeing is the "error has occured" screen above.

Hopefully this isn't a preview of things to come. and hopefully Blizzard will figure out a fair way to get these tickets out (because right now, the site certainly isn't working). Expect more updates to this post as the process goes along.

BlizzCon Tickets Sell Out - Blizzard Will Sell More (News)

Aug 13, 2008

Ripten writes:

"Blizzard fans have zerg-rushed the Blizzard website into submission over tickets to BlizzCon 08. So Blizzard has come up with a solution to sell the tickets in waves.

Did you ever play "Red light / Green light" as a kid? Where you can only run forward when the "it" person says go? Seems that's the game Blizzard is playing with its BlizzCon 08 registration."

Designer: 'Diablo III' Rounds Out Trilogy, But Not The End Of 'Diablo' (News)

Aug 12, 2008

Not much has been revealed about "Diablo III"'s storyline, but lead designer Jay Wilson did tell MTV that the game will round out the story arc set up by the previous two games.

Blizzcon tickets NOW on SALE (News)

Aug 12, 2008

BlizzCon Tickets Now On Sale!08/11/08

Tickets for BlizzCon 2008 are now available for USD $100 each. BlizzCon will take place October 10-11 in Anaheim, California -- place your BlizzCon ticket order now. Blizzard will be looking forward to meeting some of you at the show!

Warning: Site may be down for the an overflow due to an overflow of web traffic/users buying tickets.

Blizzcon sales CRASH the Ticket Services (News)

Aug 11, 2008

*Update 11:15 AM PDT- Blizzard Network Administrators are continuing to work on resolving the issue affecting Ticket sales and are making good progress. Please be aware that once sales are made available again, players may still experiences some issues due to the heavy volume of those attempting to access the system. Blizzard will be closely monitoring this once we reopen sales.

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Blizzard is aware of issues currently affecting the sales of BlizzCon Tickets and the creation of Blizzard Store accounts. Blizzard is working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible and will be providing an update on when these sales will be available once more.

Please be aware that no tickets have been sold at this point in time and anyone that has received confirmation of a ticket purchase will need to go back through the process once the sales are available again.

Billing, Account Services, and the In-Game Support Department will be unable to provide assistance with ticket purchasing until this issue has been resolved.

Blizzard sincerely appreciate your patience.

Diablo 3 lead: Necromancer, other classes could return (News)

Aug 8, 2008

When Diablo 3's Witch Doctor class was revealed, many of you -- at least one-fourth, by our estimates -- decried the perceived loss of the D2 Necromancer. Keep hope alive, True Believers, because D3 lead designer Jay Wilson tells MTV that it's still possible he'll rise from the dead.

Blizzard Confirms Departure of 'Diablo III' Art Director, Look Of Game Won't Change (News)

Aug 7, 2008

Blizzard has confirmed to MTV Multiplayer that "Diablo III" art director Brian Morrisroe has decided to leave the company. A company rep says his departure won't change the look of the game.

Here's what a Blizzard representative told Multiplayer via e-mail...

'Diablo III' Designer Explains Why Necromancer Was Cut, Hints At Return (News)

Aug 5, 2008

MTV Multiplayer reports:

"Although many "Diablo" fans have expressed fondness for the Necromancer from "Diablo II," lead "Diablo III" designer Jay Wilson confirmed to MTV Multiplayer that the character class will not appear in the initial release of the game.

When the team was choosing which classes to include in the long-awaited sequel for Blizzard's best-selling action-RPG series, they decided to create a brand-new one - the Witch Doctor. And with only five classes in the game, "Diablo III" just didn't have room for two curse-dealing, pet-wielding classes.

Here's Blizzard's explanation for why the Witch Doctor replaced the Necromancer..."

Diablo III Gets the $300 Statue Treatment (News)

Aug 5, 2008

Blizzard has unveiled a new collectible statue that gamers will be able to purchase for $300. The statue depicts a barbarian standing on top of a defeated Diablo.

'Diablo III' Designer Turns Tables, Judges Fans' Screenshots (News)

Aug 4, 2008

For some die-hard "Diablo" fans, signing a petition protesting "Diablo III"'s decidedly new and colorful art direction wasn't enough; they went ahead and made their own mock-ups for how they think the game should look.

When MTV sat down with lead "Diablo III" designer Jay Wilson last week they talked about why the team chose to do go with the new, brighter color palette versus the older games' dark, desaturated look.

Then MTV showed him some fan-altered screenshots that had all been posted on the petition to see what he thought.

Diablo III "heavily in development," series has sold 18.5 million, says Morhaime (News)

Aug 4, 2008

Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime has assured that while Diablo III doesn't have a release date as yet, the hugely anticipated action RPG is now a heavy focus for the development superstar.

Diablo III (Preview)

Aug 1, 2008

After a decade of desperation, the prayers and ritual sacrifices of Diablo fans have been answered with the announcement of Diablo III. But with an eye to the past, not everybody’s happy about Diablo’s future. Here’s what we know - and what we think - about Blizzard’s next (best?) thing. ...

'Diablo III' Color Controversy Update: Game Used To Be Darker, Dev Says 'There's No Going Back Now' (News)

Jul 31, 2008

Multiplayer's Tracey John reports:

"Don't like "Diablo III"'s colorful art direction? Too bad. We were told today that it's not going anywhere.

Lead "Diablo III" designer Jay Wilson told me that even though 52,000 "Diablo" fans have signed a petition asking Blizzard to return to the darker, more gothic look of the old "Diablo" games, the new, vibrant art style is here to stay."

BlizzCon 2008 Tickets Go On Sale Aug. 11 (News)

Jul 29, 2008

WorthPlaying writes: "Celebrating its Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft global player communities, Blizzard announced that tickets for its third BlizzCon gaming convention will go on sale August 11, while the event itself will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on Oct. 10 and 11."

Battle.net 2.0 Rumors (News)

Jul 28, 2008

Diii.net has received a hot rumor about the major changes coming to Battle.net as Blizzard upgrades their game hosting service to support the upcoming Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 titles. An excerpt:

"When D3 comes out, Blizzard will be making major changes to battle.net. All players will have a universal battle.net account for all games. They will start selling a $6 key chain with a digital face that updates every 10 minutes or so with a new 11-digit number. That 11-digit number will be your password. This will make it nearly impossible to keylog or bruteforce accounts."

PC Gamer October Edition Scores Diablo III Exclusive (News)

Jul 23, 2008

PCG podcast #139 (entitled Bugged) has revealed that Diablo III is the next cover story of PC Gamer magazine at newsstands. Apparently there will be new art revealed in this magazine, a Q&A with the Lead Art Director, and possibly an interview with Mike Morhaime (Blizzard president). It's mentioned after 7:00 of the podcast, and they also talk about the online petition.

Diablo III Thoughts From Ex-Blizzard Employee (News)

Jul 13, 2008

Ex-Blizzard employee Mike Huang shared his thoughts at his personal blog after the announcement of Diablo III -- which took place at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals on June 27th. He slips some details of the early concept work done by Blizzard North prior to their departure on 2003.

The Barbarian class was not planned at that point because it was considered a broken class. All classes in Diablo III were originally planned to be different from the roster in Diablo II to create new skills/talent trees from scratch rather than redo the old classes in 3D.

Diablo Defeated by Spam (News)

Jul 9, 2008

Found on the Unofficial Diablo 3 Site Diii.net (also known as Diabloii.net to Diablo fans) have noticed something quite big going on inside the current home of the Lord of Terror; Diablo boards on Blizzard's Battle.net.

It appears that while the game has been shown to be very modern, using cool effects and being more practical than its predecessor, their infrastructure (Battle.net) is still running on the same software as in the "good old day", and what is presumed to be Diablo haters are spamming the boards with hundreds of thousands of posts.

Diablo Archive on Sale (News)

Jul 9, 2008

Pocket Books and Blizzard Entertainment bring fans of the Diablo universe a special gift in the form of the Diablo Archive, a book of 758 pages that compiles in a single tome a reprint of four of the novels released a few years ago: Legacy of Blood, The Black Road, The Kingdom of Shadow, and the rare-to-find Demonsbane.

The Diablo Archive is a must-have on your bookshelf to buff up on the lore in preparation for the upcoming Diablo III, recently announced by Blizzard Entertainment at 2008 Paris Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals.

Diablo III Graphics Creates Aura of Defiance (News)

Jul 4, 2008

Blizzard has unveiled only morsels of what to expect from its upcoming Action/RPG Diablo III through its new website. Already game-fans are protesting the inequities of an incomplete game they've never played in an online petition with over 30,000 signatures.

'Diablo III' Fans Start Petition To Keep New, Colorful Art Direction (News)

Jul 3, 2008

MTV Multiplayer writes: "Yesterday we reported why Blizzard decided to alter the dark art style of the "Diablo" franchise and how this angered so many fans that they started a petition against the new, colorful world of "Diablo III."

However, other fans were angry that a petition was even made to ask Blizzard to change what they had done. So what did they do? They started a petition. Well, two of them, actually."

Blizzard Confirms Diablo III "Beta" Footage is Fake (News)

Jul 3, 2008

G4 "did what every self-respecting news outlet would do and reached out to our inside man at Blizzard for comment. Here's what he had to say:

"I took a quick glance at the video and it's very apparent to me that he's doing some kind of trick with the gameplay video we released, " The Blizzard Spokesperson said. "There is no 'beta' of the game yet. He doesn't truly know any 'secrets' about the game as he claims... We wouldn't choose a random guy on youtube recording from his living room as a vehicle of information for our games."

Myth: busted. Shame on you T2Darlantan. Shame on you indeed.

For more on T2-CHARLATAN (see what I did there?) be sure to watch the Gaming Update on tonight's all-new X-Play at 8 PM ET."

Diablo III Demo "Leak" Hoax (News)

Jul 3, 2008

Well it seems that some people will have some egg on their face after this. The alleged Diablo III demo leak is nothing more than the gameplay trailer launched at WWI.

Diablo III demo leaked? (News)

Jul 3, 2008

VG247: We've just been shown a page that appears to hold download information for a leaked Diablo III demo. The file has supposedly come from a beta tester.

Diablo 3 Tyrael WoW Mini Pet Revealed (News)

Jul 3, 2008

Blizzard has just updated their World of Warcraft test realms and the update reveals the new Diablo 3 Tyrael mini pet which was handed out on the special cards at the WWI in Paris. The pet is not on the live servers yet but we now know what the special pet looks like.

Diablo III Producer - "Color Is Your Friend" (News)

Jul 2, 2008

Kotaku Writes:

Yes, Diablo III is going to be much more vivid and vibrant than its predecessors, a fact that has some fans signing a petition against the shinier, happier art direction - now with over fifteen thousand signatures. Tracey John over at MTV Multiplayer spoke with Diablo III lead producer Keith Lee about the during the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Paris this past weekend, who defended the move towards a brighter, more colorful Diablo.

Hit the Jump to know more.

VideoGamer.com Rumour mill (News)

Jul 2, 2008

Welcome to the Rumour mill, VideoGamer.com's run-down of the big rumours currently doing the rounds in the video game industry. Every week we'll hunt down the juiciest stories and give our opinion on how legit they are. So, whether you want the ridiculous or the plausible, read on.

Diablo 3 will come out for Xbox 360 and PS3

The Rumour: Blizzard's recently announced Diablo 3 will inevitably come out for the 'next gen' consoles.

Verdict: First we heard that it definitely wasn't coming out on console. But now the situation seems slightly different. In an interview with the Guardian Blizzard COO Paul Sams said he didn't know whether the game would be coming to the consoles, saying the decision would primarily be down to the game's controls. We here at VideoGamer.com reckon this one's a no brainer - as a hack and slash action game Diablo 3 would be much easier to make work with a console pad than, say, Starcraft 2 or World of Warcraft. And the financial lure of millions of guaranteed sales will prove hard to resist, especially among Activision's top brass. Question now is, will there be cross platform play?

Plausibility rating: 4/5

Fallout man asks Blizzard for forgiveness (News)

Jul 2, 2008

Fallout 3 production director Ashley Cheng has asked for forgiveness from Blizzard for calling its StarCraft and Diablo updates "conservative".

"Immense pressure" for console Diablo III won't turn to force from Activision (News)

Jul 2, 2008

VG247: Speaking under conditions of anonymity, a highly-placed source close to Vivendi has told VG247 that, despite comments from Blizzard to the contrary over the weekend, a newly-formed Activision-Blizzard may see a console version of Diablo III as a no-brainer.

'Diablo III' Producer Plays Down 'Too Human' Comparisons (News)

Jul 1, 2008

MTV Multiplayer writes:

"Both recent and early impressions of Silicon Knights' "Too Human" have said that the upcoming Xbox 360 title's loot, skill tree and combat systems are similar to that of past "Diablo" titles. Some previews even proclaimed that "Too Human" is "Diablo III" before the Blizzard game was even announced.

While in Paris this past weekend, I asked "Diablo III" lead producer Keith Lee what his reaction was to these comparisons to "Too Human."

He denied having heard much about it..."

Blizzard Snubs NVIDIA? (News)

Jul 1, 2008

The game will run on XP as well as Vista, with DirectX 10 being recommended but not required. As if that wasn't bad enough for the green team, which is working hard to shift new DX10 cards, the Direct X 10 included will be of the 10.1 variety - supported by DAAMIT but not the boys in green. This means that the best graphical experience might just be on ATI hardware.

Diablo III - Extended gameplay walkthrough (Video)

Jun 30, 2008

The return of Diablo, which Blizzard describes as 'the definitive action role-playing game', introduces new classes, an upgraded graphics engine and battle.net upgrades.

Diablo III - Artwork (Video)

Jun 30, 2008

The return of Diablo, which Blizzard describes as 'the definitive action role-playing game', introduces new classes, an upgraded graphics engine and battle.net upgrades.

Six reasons Diablo III gives us a geek-gasm (Preview)

Jun 30, 2008

With the new sequel to Blizzard's legendary RPG now official, we discuss why we really can't wait for it to arrive ...

Diablo III: It's official (News)

Jun 30, 2008

You heard it here, right from the floor, as it's announced, Diablo 3 is coming to the PC at an as-yet unannounced time. Announced by a man playing the theme on acoustic guitar, a man with a marvellous beard, no less.

From the trailer:

"It has been said that in the end of all things, we would find a new beginning. But as the shadow once again crawls across our world and the stench of terror drifts on a bitter wind, the people pray ...

Diablo III (Cheat)

Jan 9, 2009

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